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LV= County Championship Division One, County Ground, Beckenham (day one) |
Surrey 318-4: Pope 96, Foakes 86*, Patel 76; Gilchrist 2-73 |
Kent: Yet to bat |
Kent 1 pts, Surrey 3 pts |
Match scorecard |
Division One leaders Surrey reached 318-4 at stumps, on day one of their County Championship game with Kent at Beckenham.
Ollie Pope hit 96 in a stand of 178 with Ben Foakes, who was unbeaten on 86, while opener Ryan Patel made 76.
The division’s bottom side had reduced Surrey to 123-3 shortly after lunch, but despite 2-73 from Nathan Gilchrist, Kent laboured for most of the day.
Backed by a sizable number of travelling fans, Surrey won the toss and chose to bat, to a collective groan from the home fan base, demoralised after conceding 500 runs or more in every first innings so far this season.
Their initial pessimism proved well-grounded as openers Rory Burns and Patel were almost entirely untroubled during the morning session. Aside from…
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